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Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
By:Myrl Tanton
Date: 4/22/2003, 3:13 pm
In Response To: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK* *Pic* (Kurt Maurer)

: Note: the photo doesn't show the bare wood clearly, as the wound is
: impregnated with river sand. But the white, scraped up looking glass is
: actually where the cloth ends and bare wood begins. Ouch.

I've used my kayak twice, once on some white water river stuff.

Lots of scrapes, one to the wood. My layup is such that I have different layers of glass in different areas. The one scrape to the wood is on a areay in the center with only 6oz of glass, the areas with 12 and 18 oz did not go to the wood, but do appear to be a bit bruised in points, looks like small areas of potential delamination between the layers of glass.

I have one small puncture on the side of the ply wood as well.

On thursday, I'm going to be mixing some graphite powder into my epoxy (two table spoons per 3 pumps of West Epoxy system)

I'm told this helps with Scraps, but not impacts.

I'll give my impressions when I have them

Myrl

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/22/2003, 11:27 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Robert N Pruden -- 4/24/2003, 1:39 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Dave S -- 4/23/2003, 6:20 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/23/2003, 7:47 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
srchr/gerald -- 4/22/2003, 4:22 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 4/22/2003, 6:27 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash *LINK*
srchr/gerald -- 4/22/2003, 7:39 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 9:42 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Myrl Tanton -- 4/22/2003, 3:13 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Jeff The Tall -- 4/22/2003, 1:55 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Jason -- 4/22/2003, 1:33 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Chris McD -- 4/22/2003, 1:32 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 1:14 pm
Re: Preventing Bottom Rash with Glass Layers
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 1:57 pm
Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/22/2003, 11:06 pm
Re: Bash plates
Shawn Baker -- 4/23/2003, 10:00 am
Re: Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/23/2003, 11:06 am
Re: Bash plates
Shawn Baker -- 4/23/2003, 1:09 pm
Re: Bash plates
Don Flowers -- 4/23/2003, 4:19 pm
Re: Bash plates
David Hanson -- 4/23/2003, 12:21 pm
layer order?
Randy Knauff -- 4/22/2003, 5:25 pm
Re: layer order?
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 8:04 pm
Re: Preventing Bottom Rash with Glass Layers
LeeG -- 4/22/2003, 2:08 pm
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/22/2003, 11:59 am
Re: S&G: Bottom Rash
Shawn Baker -- 4/22/2003, 11:54 am